Incredulous, I asked for clarification a couple more times and Kirsten stuck to her story. No signs of deception. And she NEVER lied! Her teacher must have cut her hair. Not that I’m upset. I mean, if her amazing teacher wants to work hair maintenance into the curriculum, who am I to question?

K: “No, you can’t put the timer in the toilet.” It seemed such an innocent; such a benign statement at the time. Me: “No Kirsten, you can’t put the timer in the toilet.” K: “That’s too dangerous.” Me: Yes. That’s too dangerous. You can’t put the timer in the toilet.” We went round-and-round like this for months. Until… the toilet didn’t flush so well. Exactly. Everybody just take a deeeeep breath.

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